Michel Engelhart

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Michel (Michael) Engelhart (born July 7, 1897 in Vienna ; † March 5, 1969 there ) was an Austrian architect.

biography

Redesign of the auditorium during the reconstruction of the Burgtheater (1948–1955) by Michel Engelhart

Michel Engelhart was born as the son of the painter and sculptor Josef Engelhart (1864–1941) and studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology from 1919 , where he completed his studies with the academic degree Dipl.-Ing. completed. After completing his undergraduate studies, Engelhart completed internships at home and abroad and finally received his doctorate in technical sciences at the Vienna University of Technology in 1926 . Subsequently he was self-employed as a freelance architect, and in 1946 he became a consultant for the Federal Monuments Office . In 1949 Engelhart became a full professor of architecture, design and monument preservation at the Technical University of Vienna and trained several generations of architecture students. He also worked as a member of the advisory board of the Federal Ministry for Reconstruction and Monument Protection, where he led the reconstruction of various buildings damaged during the Second World War. From 1952 to 1955 he led the renovation of the auditorium of the Burgtheater with Otto Niedermoser and was responsible for the reconstruction of the Palais Schwarzenberg and Harrach . He also designed the Vienna community's artists' estate in Stadlau and the Arthur-Schnitzler-Hof, and expanded and renewed the Schönbrunn Zoo .

Engelhart was buried on March 11th in the family grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group: 16, group extension: H, number: 1).

literature

  • Who is who in Austria. The Austrian who's who. Wer-ist-Wer-in-Österreich-Verlag, Vienna et al. 1953, ISSN  0510-047X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Austrian National Library : Estates in Austria - Personal Lexicon ( online )
  2. ^ Michel Engelhart: Church rotunda of the Middle Ages in Austria . Dissertation. Vienna University of Technology, Vienna 1926, OBV .
personal data
SURNAME Engelhart, Michel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelhart, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 5th 1969
Place of death Vienna